Cardiff
Naturalists' Society
Cymdeithas Naturiaethwyr
Caerdydd
Ilid Elizabeth Anthony, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A. (1926? - 2012) 105th President
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Back to the 150th Anniversary index Before coming to Wales Dr Ilid Anthony was Curator of the Verulanium Roman Museum at St Albans, and had written about the excavations at that site in 1963-4 in Hertfordshire Archaeology. This was also the basis of her first lecture to the Society in 1971. A talk which was entitled "Recent discoveries at Verulamium". Verulanium guide book written by Ilid Anthony Having come to Wales she was based at the St Fagan's Museum of Welsh Life and contributed a number of publications on relevant topics such as: -
With many thanks to Elen Phillips @StFagansTextiles we have the following extra detail Dr Ilid Anthony was appointed to the staff of @StFagans_Museum in February 1970 as Assistant Keeper of the Department of Material Culture. She retired in May 1985 Costumes of the Welsh People by Ilid Anthony She was a President of the Archaeological section as well as being that of the Parent Society
Dr Anthony passed away in 2012 at the age of 86 in Cardiff Back to the 150th Anniversary index Before this... Dr Peter Ferns 104th President Next up... Jeremy Knight 106th President See our Full list of Presidents These pages are part of the Cardiff Naturalists' Society 150th Anniversary celebrations and are about our history and are celebrating the people who developed our Society and helped build the city and the cultural heritage of Cardiff. You can read more about that using the links above If you want to read about the ways we study the wildlife and environment of the Cardiff area and its surroundings, and about the talks we have about the wildlife of the world, and find the programme of talks, walks and other events that we do then please take a look at our main website, our blog and our facebook and twitter feeds for up to date news |
